Summary:
ZIP code 93292 has 12 schools: seven elementary schools, one middle school, three high schools and one alternative school. Eleven schools have 2025–26 all-grades test results; Eleanor Roosevelt Community Learning Center’s latest results are from 2024–25. The area’s 11-school averages were below state results in ELA, math and science, and the clearest gap was in math: 23% proficient locally versus 38% statewide, a 15-point difference. Most important, the results vary substantially from school to school, so the area-wide averages hide a very different picture at individual schools.
Outside Creek Elementary was the standout in 2025–26, leading all three subjects with 61% in ELA, 44% in math and 38% in science; it was the only school above the state in all three. Its results exceeded state levels by 12 points in ELA, 6 in math and 2 in science. At the other end, La Sierra High had the lowest ELA and math results, at 21% and 6%; Visalia Charter Independent Study had the lowest science result, at 17%. Among the five K–6 schools, Elbow Creek Elementary led in math at 39%, while Mineral King Elementary led in science at 33%.
Science showed the strongest recent improvement: for the same 11 schools, its average rose 6 percentage points from 2024–25 to 2025–26, compared with a 3-point state increase, narrowing the gap from 13 points to 10. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile for Outside Creek also rose from 42 in 2023–24 to 70 in 2025–26. Similar-grade results offer useful contrasts: Elbow Creek and Mineral King were nearly even in ELA, at 48% and 47%, despite student-teacher ratios of 21.5 and 23.1. Their 2024–25 income measures also differed: 68% of Elbow Creek students and 75% of Pinkham Elementary students were free/reduced lunch eligible. These figures are context, not explanations for school results. Eleanor Roosevelt Community Learning Center had a 41% science result in 2024–25, above that year’s 33% state result, but its earlier results are not directly comparable with the current-year scores.
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